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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
The merchant having withdrawn, the other remained seated alone for a time, with the air of one who, after having conversed with some excellent man, carefully ponders what fell from him, however intellectually inferior it may be, that none of the profit may be lost.
http://www.online-literature.com/melville/confidence-man/15
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Does "that" here mean "so that"?
Does "that" here mean "so that"?
The Confidence Man - Herman MelvilleThe merchant having withdrawn, the other remained seated alone for a time, with the air of one who, after having conversed with some excellent man, carefully ponders what fell from him, however intellectually inferior it may be, that none of the profit may be lost.
http://www.online-literature.com/melville/confidence-man/15
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Yes.
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